The United States Navy has christened a new vessel, naming it after an outstanding African-American military hero. The guided-missile destroyer will be commissioned this spring bearing the motto “Into the Tiger’s Jaw,” a saying the Black Marine often said in combat. Gen. Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG121Commissioning.org) Gen. Frank E. Petersen Jr., the first African-American…
Source: Blogzworth / iOne Digital When Reec Swiney handed me a baby chicken, my heart melted. It was the first time I had held a baby chicken. I cupped my hands together to make sure it didn’t fall and stared into its tiny beady eyes. I instantly felt better, like the baby chicken could feel…
Mendeecees Harris Jr. made his first appearance on reality television in 2013, as a youngster after being featured on “Love & Hip Hop: New York” alongside his father, Mendeecees Harris. Flash forward to the present day, the 16-year-old accomplished a milestone: filming his first green screen scene with Mendeecees for an undisclosed project. On April 28, in…
“Art in and of itself is powerful,” said participant Adam W. McKinney. “And as artists, we get to trust its power to make the connections it needs to make in the world.” Several Houston artists are giving a crash course on CRT via a new exhibition called The Curious Case of Critical Race … Theory….
Actors Kerry Washington and Sean Patrick Thomas have proved to the world that some things are like riding a bike. Twenty-plus years after the two starred as brother and sister in the teeny-bopper movie “Save the Last Dance,” the two are back cutting it up on the hit Hulu show “Reasonable Doubt.” The dynamic duo, who single-handedly…
The former host of “Reading Rainbow” has won many accolades, including 12 Daytime Emmys, throughout a luminous career that spans four decades. LeVar Burton will be honored at the inaugural Children’s and Family Emmys in December, where the veteran actor will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. The former host of Reading Rainbow has won many…
A Saratoga County Sheriff’s deputy was videotaped tackling a teenager to the floor in a local Target department store in New York state. The relatives of the boy tried to inform the officer of what they say is the teen’s autistic condition, however, when they were ignored the conflict escalated, resulting in the cop being…
There is a saying, “You can take the girl out of Newark, but you can’t take the Newark out of the girl.” Actress Tisha Campbell did the Black Momma Sayings challenge on social media and proved to the world just how true that adage is. The challenge required the children to hold up ten fingers…
A Detroit man, wrongfully incarcerated for 15 years, is a free man after long-hidden DNA evidence cleared him of two sexual assault and kidnapping charges. A chance review of his case by a prosecutor in 2019 led to the discovery of a lab report which contained vindicating proof that was never shared with the court….
Rising star and comedian DC Young Fly is opening up about family and his upbringing, growing up in Atlanta. In a recent appearance on “Club Shay Shay” with former NFL player Shannon Sharpe, the 29-year-old singer and actor shared that he came from an older family and that his oldest sibling was in his late…
